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Lotus Girl: Helen Tworkov in Conversation with Pico Iyer

NEW YORK, April 16, 2024 — Author Helen Tworkov launches her moving memoir, Lotus Girl: My Life at the Crossroads of Buddhism and America, wherein she shares personal reflections on her practice of Buddhism. Author Pico Iyer moderates the conversation. (1 hr., 14 min.)

This program is co-presented with the South Asian Journalists Association (SAJA).

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